In Russia, preparations began for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Solzhenitsyn

The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation approved the composition of the committee, which will be engaged in organizational work on the preparation and conduct of celebrations dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the writer and public figure Alexander Solzhenitsyn. The organizing committee will carry out its activities with the support of the Federal Press and Mass Media Agency.

The organizing committee included the head of the Department of Culture of Moscow Sergey Kapkov, Deputy Minister of Culture Elena Milovzorova, Deputy Minister of Communications Alexey Volin, Director of the Litmuzey Dmitry Bak, Director General of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company Oleg Dobrodeev and Artistic Director of the State Theater of Nations Yevgeny Mironov. Also, the widow of the author, President of the Russian Charitable Fund A. Solzhenitsyn, Natalia Solzhenitsyna and adviser to the President of the Russian Federation on culture Vladimir Tolstoy can also take part in the committee.

The 100th anniversary of the writer will be held in 2018. The early start of preparations for the celebration, Mikhail Seslavinsky, the head of Rospechat and a member of the organizing committee, explained that during this time it is necessary to carry out a number of restoration work to restore the author’s memorial sites. He also said that members of the government of the Russian Federation did not take part in the heated debate that recently unfolded around the figure of the writer and his role in Russian history. “It seems to me that the very fact of the approval of the organizing committee in this composition clearly demonstrates the position of the state,” said Mikhail Seslavinsky.

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